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Senior Saudi figures tortured and beaten in purge

12 November 2017

#SaudiPurge Several detainees taken to hospital with torture injuries, while sources tell MEE scale of crackdown is bigger than authorities have revealed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has overseen arrest of hundreds of people, including senior royals, ministers and tycoons (AFP) […]

(Video) Bassil Reassures Expatriates: “Lebanon is fine! Voice your Choice and Register for the Elections!

5 November 2017

During the annual dinner of Kura’s chapter, Saturday night, Bassil addressed the FPM’s supporters, and the attendees by saying,” we are all sad, all Lebanese are sad due to Hariri’s resignation however, we are more powerful than all those desiring our death.” Foreign Affairs and […]

Lebanese Army: No Plots for Assassinations In Lebanon.

5 November 2017

After PM Hariri submitted his resignation in which he expressed fears of being assassinated, a communiqué was issued by the Lebanese Army on Sunday that denying the circulated news that affirm the presence of assassination plots in Lebanon against Mr. Hariri. “Following the ongoing investigations […]

Presidential Response to Hariri’s Resignation.

4 November 2017

A communiqué has been issued by the office of the Press of the Lebanese Presidency and it contained the following: In the framework of following up with ongoing events that have occurred after the Prime Minister’s declaration of resignation from abroad, President Michel Aoun has […]

MP Ziad Aswad meets President Aoun

3 November 2017

General Michel Aoun met Friday afternoon, with the deputy of Jezzine Ziad Aswad, at Baabda Palace. Aswad thanked the president, on behalf of the Jezzine people for the appointment of the new board of directors of the government-run Jezzine Hospital. “Such an appointment is a […]

Electoral Law Committee makes “limited progress”; While President Aoun Signs Budget Law!

3 November 2017

Following the meeting of the ministerial law committee charged with the monitoring of the new electoral law, headed by PM Hariri, Interior Minister Nohad al-Mashnouq said that the progress made is limited and that there are many points that still need to be addressed and […]

FPM Leader Gebran Bassil Tours the Chouf

29 October 2017

FPM leader and Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil visited the Chouf towns on Sunday after a FPM delegation, composed of Elie Haddad and Paul Aoun, visited PSP leader Walid Jumblatt in Clemenceau to inform him of the visit and ask him to be part of it. […]

(Video) President Michel Aoun Inaugurates the Judicial Year

28 October 2017

During the inauguration of the judicial year at the Palace of Justice on Friday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said that it was high time the state reconsider the systems by which the Lebanese judicial institutions comply. “it is essential to adopt a new approach that […]

Minister el-Mashnouq: “President Michel Aoun Respects the Constitution and Laws.”

22 October 2017

“Had it not been for President Aoun’s support, Cabinet would not have been able to settle a lot of files this entire year!” Interior minister Nouhad el-Mashnouq said about the Lebanese President Michel Aoun, following the seminar of the Mustaqbal or Future Movement. “President Aoun’s […]

Lebanese Army Commander heads to the United States.

22 October 2017

The Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Joseph Aoun left Beirut on Saturday heading to the United States of America on a four-day official visit, after receiving official invites from senior American officials. During his stay, General Aoun is scheduled to meet several military and civilian […]

Bashir Gemayel’s Assassins get death Sentence

21 October 2017

A Lebanese top court sentenced in absentia on Friday, Habib Shartouni for the assassination of president-elect Bashir Gemayel, in 1982. The court ruling comes more than 35 years after the president-elect Bashir Gemayel was killed in Ashrafieh by a massive bomb blast. Habib Shartouni, a […]

October 13: The Victory! by Habib Younes

13 October 2017

Habib Younes Translated by Hala Hayek Najjar All the tragedies, tears, wounds, and sorrows, however cruel and deep, are erased by one moment of joy, a moment of triumph. October 13, 1990; they tried to crush us, but we did not sign! October 13, 2017; […]